This floating home made entirely from rubbish is cleaning up Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian artist Luiz Fernando Barreto built his floating house on Pavuna River in Rio de Janeiro to bring awareness to the pollution of its waters.
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Brazilian artist Luiz Fernando Barreto built his floating house on Pavuna River in Rio de Janeiro to bring awareness to the pollution of its waters.
On a trash-filled river in Rio de Janeiro, passersby look in awe as Luiz Fernando Barreto floats atop the home he has assembled from scrap wood, plastic and metal.
By Sergio Queiroz RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - On a trash-filled river in Rio de Janeiro, passersby look in awe as Luiz Fernando Barreto floats atop the...
Black communities in Brazil have been hit especially hard by COVID-19 By Michael Fox © Silvia Izquierdo/AP A woman receives a plate of food donated by the Leao Xlll Foundation amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, April 7, 2021. The Parque das Missões favela, on the north side of Rio de Janeiro, is a maze of shacks on the banks of the polluted Pavuna River, just across the bay from Galeão International Airport. The majority of its residents are Black. Most work in the informal sector as street vendors, domestic workers or hairdressers. But for many, continuing to d...